Archive for July, 2009

Shooting Up Frederick

July 31, 2009
By Mike

I recently walked about Frederick, MD with a friend of mine and below are the results:
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Miscellaneous Photos

July 31, 2009
By Mike

Some stuff I once had on SmugMug, now back online, but now on Flickr:
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Lose the Lectern

July 26, 2009
By Mike
Lose the Lectern

Last week, I attended the Open Government & Innovations Conference in DC where thousands, it seems, of feds got together to pretend they’re out-innovating the private sector in the use of Web 2.0 and social media and the implementation of transparency.  The keynotes and break-out sessions all suffered from the same problem: detachment from...
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The Power Of the Metaphor

July 14, 2009
By Mike

All too often, when people are trying to do the right thing by creating a strong visual to represent an idea, they fall back on the literal meaning of the word.  This often makes it very difficult to find the right image to convey the idea and will often result in a visual that...
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Effective Charts in Keynote ‘09

July 12, 2009
By Mike

No, I haven’t abandoned this blog.  The gap in between posts can easily be explained.  You see, I have been learning how to use Adobe Premiere and Screenflick.  The results can be seen below as I share with you how to create effective charts in Keynote ‘09.  Hopefully, as I do more of these,...
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